{"id":4381,"date":"2014-05-12T10:52:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T14:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:57:32","slug":"experiencing-the-interesting-and-exciting-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/experiencing-the-interesting-and-exciting-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing the interesting and exciting Costa Rica! by Angela Leta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0511141804-554696716.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4437 alignright\" alt=\"0511141804-554696716\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0511141804-554696716-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The trip has been fantastic so far! We found 8 sea turtles and took biometrics, tagged, and got tissue samples from each one!<\/p>\n<p>Our last turtle was a Hawskbill who we brought back to the hospital for a 24 hour stay in fresh water to rid her of parasites.<\/p>\n<p>We also found an incredibly large Green sea turtle measuring over 90 cm in shell length so she was exciting to work with and amazing to see!<\/p>\n<p>The local veterinarian is also in town and has given us lectures on turtle anatomy and physiology which were both very informative and interesting! We have also been able to assist with a mangrove restoration project for the local area! We measured their progress based on location, then helped plant new seedlings! 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We also found an incredibly large &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/experiencing-the-interesting-and-exciting-costa-rica\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Experiencing the interesting and exciting Costa Rica! by Angela Leta<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6],"coauthors":[402],"class_list":["post-4381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-study-abroad","tag-costa-rica-vet-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Experiencing the interesting and exciting Costa Rica! by Angela Leta - Center for International Programs<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/experiencing-the-interesting-and-exciting-costa-rica\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Experiencing the interesting and exciting Costa Rica! by Angela Leta - Center for International Programs\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The trip has been fantastic so far! 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